Description
initscripts in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 does not properly handle certain environment variables when /sbin/service is executed, which allows local users with sudo permissions for /sbin/service to gain root privileges via unknown vectors.
Affected products
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n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19162 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25374 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19532 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0016.html ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11198 ↗
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015732 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17038 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0015.html ↗